A Note from the Author

“I started writing The King’s Frog Hunter for my daughter when she was a child. It was never meant for publication, but to be a series of whimsical short stories about fathers and daughters. However, the characters had more to say than I realized. As she grew, so did the characters. The story became more of an example of individuals taking control of their lives and their destinies. This was a theme, or message if you will, that was directed to my daughter. Of course, my characters, the people and the animals, continued to lead me into deeper themes, including: honesty, loyalty, endurance, responsibility, service to others, forgiveness, meaningful relationships, and the ever-present insidious aspect of evil. 

When my daughter received her law degree, she requested, as a gift, that I put the stories together into a book and publish it for her. So, I spent a year re-writing and editing to weave the stories into a novel. The King’s Frog Hunter (the original title from her childhood) took many years to mature on the page, and then, be transformed into a book. The writing, and the lessons learned, was a journey in and of itself.

Do these characters have more to teach me – and you? I think so. Hence, the second book, Shadows of War.

Book three of the trilogy is happily in process.

— Ken Young

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